Study Guide for Course P/Exam 1
All
the syllabus topics are covered in a clear, logical and efficient manner and illustrated with examples. The goal is to develop
a strong grasp of concepts and techniques together with an ability to apply them, so that the student will be able to set
up and solve problems even when they are worded in unfamiliar ways. Numerous exercises of a wide range of difficulty are provided
with the intent of honing problem solving skills.
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Contents:
Chapter
0: Review of results from Calculus
Chapter
1: Introductory Ideas
Chapter
2: Conditional Probability
Chapter
3: Random Variables and Distributions
Chapter
4: Moments of a random variable
Chapter
5: Multivaraite Distributions
Chapter
6: Moments of several random variables
Chapter
7: Some Discrete Random Variables
Chapter
8: Some Continuous Random Variables
Chapter
9: Normal Approximation and Applications
Chapter
10: More Distributions
Solutions
to Problems
Appendix:
A summary of Some Important Results
Practice Exam
Solutions
to Practice Exam